Well honestly the inspiration for that is Bobby [husband Robert Lopez]. When we were first dating, I used to talk about him to my girlfriends as like he’s a bit of a fixer-upper. He lived with his parents but I was in love with him. I knew I was gonna marry him but he lived with his parents, he didn’t have a job. He was writing this crazy, puppet musical [Avenue Q] and so the word, fixer-upper, has always been in my lexicon.
Robert Lopez further elaborated on the song's context within the musical:[3]
When we realized that Kristoff was going to have this relationship with the trolls which was kind of the key discovery we realized that it was kind of like okay, he’s bringing this girl that he’s not dating home to this big, ruckus family and they’re gonna misinterpret the situation. So we thought oh, gee it’s gotta have that kind of New York dating song cabaret feel and so that’s how the music kind of came about.
Synopsis
The song is sung when Kristoff brings Anna to his "family" - the trolls who treated Anna after Elsa's earlier accident. Kristoff seeks to have Pabbie treat Anna since he fears Elsa has injured her, but the trolls think Anna is his steady girlfriend and hence try to marry the two together. The song starts with the trolls asking Anna what is turning her off from dating Kristoff, like "his unmanly blondness" or his tendency to "tinkle in the woods". Despite Kristoff protesting that Anna is engaged to someone else, the trolls go ahead and try to wed them. They manage to get partway through the vows before the accidental participants cut them off.
Critical reception
IndieWire described the song as an "arbitrary upbeat ode to love's ability to triumph over imperfection so incongruous it's displaced to the middle of Frozen's soundtrack CD".[4] DecentFilms stated, "There’s a double entendre about another type of relationship that is said to be “outside of nature’s laws”: The trolls, singing about Kristoff in the “Fixer-Upper” song, suggest that he has an unnatural relationship with his reindeer Sven. Yes: a bestiality joke in a Disney cartoon".[5] Dawn described it as "the opening from Fraggle Rock".[6]
Other languages
The Korean language version sung by Jung Young-joo and other members of the cast appeared on the Gaon Music Chart's download sub-chart at 200 after being downloaded 6,000 times; however, it did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart.[7]
^Perlman, Jake (February 10, 2014). "On the Scene: 'Frozen' cast performs live for the first (and probably only) time ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2014. It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago.
^ abDisney's Frozen: Interviews with the Animators, Directors & Songwriters #DisneyFrozen | Lady and the Blog
^. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
^"Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
^"British single certifications – Cast of Frozen & Maia Wilson – Fixer Upper". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
March 01, 2023
fixer, upper, song, fixer, upper, song, from, 2013, disney, animated, film, frozen, fixer, upper, song, maia, wilson, cast, frozen, from, album, frozenpublishedwonderland, music, companyreleasednovember, 2013recorded2012, genreshow, tunelength3, 02labelwalt, d. Fixer Upper is a song from the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen Fixer Upper Song by Maia Wilson and Cast of Frozen 1 from the album FrozenPublishedWonderland Music CompanyReleasedNovember 25 2013Recorded2012 2 GenreShow tuneLength3 02LabelWalt DisneySongwriter s Kristen Anderson Lopez Robert LopezProducer s Kristen Anderson Lopez Robert Lopez Christophe Beck Chris Montan Tom MacDougall Contents 1 Production 2 Synopsis 3 Critical reception 4 Other languages 4 1 Charts 5 Certifications 6 ReceptionProduction EditKristen Anderson Lopez talked about the song s inspiration 3 Well honestly the inspiration for that is Bobby husband Robert Lopez When we were first dating I used to talk about him to my girlfriends as like he s a bit of a fixer upper He lived with his parents but I was in love with him I knew I was gonna marry him but he lived with his parents he didn t have a job He was writing this crazy puppet musical Avenue Q and so the word fixer upper has always been in my lexicon Robert Lopez further elaborated on the song s context within the musical 3 When we realized that Kristoff was going to have this relationship with the trolls which was kind of the key discovery we realized that it was kind of like okay he s bringing this girl that he s not dating home to this big ruckus family and they re gonna misinterpret the situation So we thought oh gee it s gotta have that kind of New York dating song cabaret feel and so that s how the music kind of came about Synopsis EditThe song is sung when Kristoff brings Anna to his family the trolls who treated Anna after Elsa s earlier accident Kristoff seeks to have Pabbie treat Anna since he fears Elsa has injured her but the trolls think Anna is his steady girlfriend and hence try to marry the two together The song starts with the trolls asking Anna what is turning her off from dating Kristoff like his unmanly blondness or his tendency to tinkle in the woods Despite Kristoff protesting that Anna is engaged to someone else the trolls go ahead and try to wed them They manage to get partway through the vows before the accidental participants cut them off Critical reception EditIndieWire described the song as an arbitrary upbeat ode to love s ability to triumph over imperfection so incongruous it s displaced to the middle of Frozen s soundtrack CD 4 DecentFilms stated There s a double entendre about another type of relationship that is said to be outside of nature s laws The trolls singing about Kristoff in the Fixer Upper song suggest that he has an unnatural relationship with his reindeer Sven Yes a bestiality joke in a Disney cartoon 5 Dawn described it as the opening from Fraggle Rock 6 Other languages EditThe Korean language version sung by Jung Young joo and other members of the cast appeared on the Gaon Music Chart s download sub chart at 200 after being downloaded 6 000 times however it did not appear on the main Gaon Singles Chart 7 Charts Edit Chart 2013 14 PeakpositionSouth Korea Gaon International Chart 8 12South Korea Gaon Chart 9 94Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 10 Silver 200 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Reception Edit Frozen Original Motion Picture Soundtrack iTunes Retrieved November 6 2014 Perlman Jake February 10 2014 On the Scene Frozen cast performs live for the first and probably only time ever Entertainment Weekly Retrieved February 10 2014 It was the first time the cast had ever sung the songs live and the first time many had sung the songs at all since they recorded the soundtrack a year and a half ago a b Disney s Frozen Interviews with the Animators Directors amp Songwriters DisneyFrozen Lady and the Blog The Scrambled Sexuality of Frozen s Let It Go Criticwire Archived from the original on 2014 05 04 Retrieved 2014 06 20 So How Gay is Disney s Frozen Movie Review Frozen Blogs DAWN COM Gaon Download Chart 2014년 3월 2주차 Gaon in Korean March 1 2014 Archived from the original on June 22 2014 Retrieved May 23 2014 Gaon Digital Chart in Korean Gaon Chart Gaon Digital Chart in Korean Gaon Chart Archived from the original on June 22 2014 British single certifications Cast of Frozen amp Maia Wilson Fixer Upper British Phonographic Industry Retrieved March 15 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fixer Upper song amp oldid 1071384081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
